Monday, May 9, 2016

On May 6, 2016, ESPN's NBA Basketball was the highest rated show on cable with a 2.07 - followed by Discovery's Alaskan Bush People (0.73), Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants (0.44) and Nickelodeon's The Loud House (0.38).

NBA Basketball was the most viewed program with 4.993 million viewers - followed by Alaskan Bush People (3.103), SpongeBob SquarePants (1.801) and The Loud House (1.740).

The Cable Ratings for Friday, May 6

Show

Network

Time

18 - 49 Rating

Viewers (Millions)

1

NBA Basketball

ESPN

9:40 PM

2.07

4.993

2

NBA Basketball

ESPN

6:59 PM

1.23

3.184

3

Alaskan Bush People

Discovery

9:00 PM

0.73

3.103

4

SpongeBob SquarePants

Nickelodeon

5:30 PM

0.44

1.801

5

The Loud House

Nickelodeon

5:00 PM

0.38

1.740

6

Ancient Aliens

History

9:00 PM

0.36

1.247

7

NHL Hockey

NBC Sports

7:02 PM

0.30

0.879

8

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Food

10:00 PM

0.30

0.909

9

Real Time with Bill Maher

HBO

10:00 PM

0.28

1.196

10

Trailblazers

Discovery

10:01 PM

0.25

0.938

11

E! News

E!

7:00 PM

0.23

0.552

12

Tanked

Animal

10:02 PM

0.22

0.542

13

For Better or Worse

OWN

9:00 PM

0.22

0.716

14

Kendra on Top

WE tv

9:30 PM

0.16

0.366

15

The People’s Couch

Bravo

8:00 PM

0.15

0.403

16

Wynonna Earp

Syfy

10:00 PM

0.15

0.548

17

Say Yes to the Dress

TLC

9:00 PM

0.14

0.749

18

Kendra on Top

WE tv

9:00 PM

0.14

0.341

19

Insane Pools: Off the Deep End

Animal

9:01 PM

0.13

0.410

20

Banshee

Cinemax

10:00 PM

0.13

0.425

21

Atlanta Plastic

Lifetime

9:00 PM

0.12

0.400

22

Ghost Brothers

Destination

10:00 PM

0.12

0.425

23

Backstage

Disney

9:00 PM

0.12

0.847

24

VICE

HBO

11:00 PM

0.11

0.407

25

MLB Baseball

MLBN

2:11 PM

0.08

0.306

26

MLB Baseball

MLBN

7:00 PM

0.08

0.330

27

Animals Gone Wild

NatGeoWild

9:00 PM

0.04

0.232

No rating information was made immediately available for NatGeoWild's United States of Animals; Oxygen's Quit Your Day Job; and Showtime's Brand: A Second Coming.

NOTE: For the 2015-16 broadcast season, a 1.0 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic is equal to 1.2681 total million viewers. A18-49 is the rating most commonly reported and helps determine ad rates but is not the sole explanation for whether a show will be renewed or cancelled.